Nat R. Smith
Home Town: Kelso, WA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 20, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Nat R. Smith, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Gesnes, France, September 28, 1918. Sergeant Smith successfully led his patrol, in the face of heavy machine-gun fire, being a point direct, in order to make better reconnaissance, and, although severely wounded, continued to lead his patrol.